Genus Terebra Bruguiere, 1789
Type species:
Buccinum subulatum Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation (by subsequent monotypy, Lamarck, 1799, Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris: 71).- Terebrum Montfort, 1810.
- Subula Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [233].
Type species:
Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus by subsequent designation (Herrmannsen, 1849, Indicis generum malacozoorum primordia, 2: 522). - Abretia H. & A. Adams, 1853 [Specchio delle Scienze, 2(11): 154; Available from diagnosis; no included species].
- Myurellina Bartsch, P. 1923. A key to the family Terebridae. Nautilus 37(2): 60-64.
Type species:
Terebra ornata Gray by original designation. - Punctoterebra Bartsch, P. 1923. A key to the family Terebridae. Nautilus 37(2): 60-64.
Type species:
Terebra nitida Hinds by original designation. - Terebrina Bartsch, P. 1923. A key to the family Terebridae. Nautilus 37(2): 60-64 [Invalid: junior homonym of Terebrina Rafinesque, 1815; see Dimidacus].
Type species:
Terebra cingulifera Lamarck, 1822 by original designation. Type species:
Terebra texana Dall by original designation.- Microtrypetes Pilsbry, H.A. & Lowe, H.N. 1932. West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by H.N. Lowe, 1929-31. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 84: 33-144 [43].
Type species:
Terebra iola Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 by original designation. - Brevimyurella Oyama, K. 1961. On some new facts of the taxonomy of Terebridae. Venus 21(2): 176-189 [187].
Type species:
Terebra lischkeana Dunker, 1877 by original designation. - Granuliterebra Oyama, K. 1961. On some new facts of the taxonomy of Terebridae. Venus 21(2): 176-189 [188].
Type species:
Terebra bathyraphe E.A. Smith, 1875 by original designation. - Panaterebra Olsson, A.A. 1967. Some Tertiary mollusks from South Florida and the Caribbean. Paleontological Research Institutution, Special Publication 9: 1-61 [14].
Type species:
Terebra robusta Hinds, 1844 by original designation.
Introduction
Terryn (2007) and Terryn & Holford (2008) reintroduces the use of a range of names previously synonymised with Terebra, without any further evidence for the subgrouping. For the sake of stability this has not been followed herein
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Pantropical
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
General References
Bouchet, P., Kantor, Y.I., Sysoev, A. & Puillandre, N. 2011. A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(3): 273–308 [299]
Terryn, Y. & M. Holford 2008. The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus "Granuliterebra" Oyama, 1961. Visaya supplement 3: 1-118 [15] (authors use Acus despite it being preoccupied - disregarded herein)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CONOIDEA | 06-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 10-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |